B overall score

                    Zero groups had a higher score

                    Six groups had a lower score

                    One group had the same score

How are scores calculated?

The overall score is based on the average of the scores below for species abundance, blade length, and short shoot density. Each of these three scores is based on how close the reported values are to the overall averages ("true") across all groups participating in the transect training. Reported values summarized for each species across all transects that deviate largely from the averages are given lower scores. The overall score is then ranked relative to all other groups.

Species Abundance reported (most common) Blade length reported cm (most common) Short shoot density reported per m 2 (most common)
Transect 3 Halodule 5-25% (5-25%)
Thalassia <5% (<5%)
Transect 6 DR: Acanthophora - (<5%)
Halodule few (<5%) 18.8 (18.2) 1.3 (2)
Thalassia 76-100% (76-100%) 28.8 (33.3) 8.3 (6)
Transect 7 DR: Acanthophora - (<5%)
DR: Gracilaria - (<5%)
DR: Hypnea - (<5%)
Halodule few (<5%) 0 (14.3) 0 (0.2)
Syringodium <5% (5-25%) 0 (28.8) 0 (2.1)
Thalassia 25-50% (51-75%) 24.2 (32.3) 5.3 (6.5)
Transect 8 DB: Dictyota - (5-25%)
DR: Acanthophora - (<5%)
Halodule - (few)
Syringodium few (few) 0 (18.9) 0 (2.1)
Thalassia 51-75% (25-50%) 25.2 (32.7) 2 (3.7)
Transect 9 DR: Acanthophora - (few)
Halodule 51-75% (51-75%)
Thalassia few (<5%)
Transect 10 DR: Acanthophora - (solitary)
Halodule 51-75% (51-75%)
Thalassia solitary (solitary)
Abundance summary

reported values deviate very little from the average, good job!

Halodule 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Syringodium 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Thalassia 0 mean BB categories away across transects

Blade Length summary

reported values deviate a lot from the average, much lower

Halodule -6.8 cm difference on average across transects

Syringodium not recorded

Thalassia -6.7 cm difference on average across transects

Short Shoot Density summary

reported values deviate very little from the average, good job!

Halodule -0.5 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Syringodium not recorded

Thalassia -0.2 shoots per m2 difference on average across transects

Abundance

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!

Blade Length

Room for improvement! Learn how to brush up on blade length by viewing the link here.

Short Shoot Density

Looks good, keep doing what you're doing!

Seagrass identification

Missed one (Halodule)! Check out the species guide at the link here.

Macroalgae identification

Missed a few (DB: Dictyota, DR: Acanthophora, DR: Gracilaria, DR: Hypnea)! Check out the species guide at the link here.